<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 04:56, Joel Jaeggli <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:joelja@bogus.com">joelja@bogus.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Narrowing the beam width isn&#39;t really that useful for the war flying exercise. ...</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I don&#39;t know that&#39;s true. With an omni or a wide beam you will only pick up the loudest stations with little discrimination of position. With a tighter lobe you will have less frequency conflict and more gain and thus pick many more stations.</div>
<div><br></div><div>BTW, if OP is looking for a cheap solution, I&#39;ve purchased USB 802.11bg devices integrated 10dbi patch antennas at Fry&#39;s for $10-$20 in the past, and you could certainly run several at once... having multiple offset lobes will let you hear beacons that would otherwise be drowned out by others on the same frequency...</div>
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